Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center

Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center is one of the one-room-style elementary-level communitys in Lemon Grove, California, run under Lemon Grove, with 142 students on its rolls from grade K. Enrollment runs roughly 69% below the state mean of about 465.

Within Lemon Grove, which oversees 8 schools and 3,048 students, Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 11% White, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, San Diego County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center is one campus in the mix.

Mt. Vernon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.